If a song’s about something I’ve experienced or that could’ve happened to me it’s good. But if it’s alien to me, I couldn’t lend anything to it. Because that’s what soul is all about.
ARETHA FRANKLINGospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
More Aretha Franklin Quotes
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My heart is still there in gospel music. It never left . . . I’m gonna make a gospel record and tell Jesus I cannot bear these burdens alone.
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Gospel goes with me wherever I go. Gospel is a constant with me.
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I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
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Being the Queen is not all about singing and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well.
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The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks.
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I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing more than anything else.
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Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they’re now more and more in the power seats.
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I’ve been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.
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Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.
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Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum.
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I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.
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When God loves you, what can be better than that?
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Yes, I’ve always been fashion conscious.
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I love producing, writing. I rarely write with other writers unless I have a real great respect for them. Like Burt Bacharach, or Carole Sager, or Stevie Wonder. Somebody like Smokey – like that. Otherwise, I choose to write alone.
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I remember singing around the house to records that were playing. All kinds of music. And the great James Cleveland was often in our house, and I grew up with his sound as well.
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